I just read that Zimbabwe’s Justice Minister has officially accused Morgan Tsvangirai, the man leading the opposition bid for president in the country, of working with the British to bring down the Mugabe regime. Tsvangirai is therefore guilty of treason (for running for president against Mugabe).
In case you hadn’t heard, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is recounting ballots in 23 constituencies this weekend due to “anomalies” during the original count — which, easily translated into English, means “rigging the vote.” Note the ZEC never announced any results to begin with, and Zanu-PF has been in possession of the ballot boxes since the election on March 29.
And in other news, reports that Zim’s economy isn’t slowing it’s downward spiral hit the wire yesterday. Officially, the rate of inflation in February was 165,000%. Nearly the end of April and it’s well past 200,000%.